Much like the current Indian fiscal year that started in 2012 and ends in 2013, my cinematic fiscal (assuming cinema viewing generates blissful revenue that feeds the soul) started in 2012 and continues to have its run in 2013. Huge credit for it goes to 2012 year-end Hollywood releases that are yet to see the … Continue reading
Play it Again, Sam! When the Aston Martin DB5 finally keeps its date with James Bond, the audience gasps and sighs, followed by hoots, claps and whistles louder than the ones Bond was welcomed with in the opening sequence of Skyfall. A clear indication of the audience’s relief and excitement to finally see yet another … Continue reading
Will The Real Woody Please Stand Up Not so long ago, a strange, corrupted, translated, and least of all chauvinist, version of a Tamil proverb, splashed in bright graffiti on the back seat of an auto rickshaw, stared me in the face: Continue reading
The Evil That Men Do Like a phoenix from the ashes, the dark knight rises. To fumble again. To crumble again. After all, even Batman is human. He crimps. He limps. He walks with a stick. And while in exile, he is forced to think: Is he but an instrument in the war against evil? … Continue reading
On Why You Won’t Hate The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Depending on what you expect from director David Fincher you’ll either love The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (TGWTDT) or you’ll be disappointed. Don’t worry, you won’t hate it. Let’s deal with the bad news first: Continue reading
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